John Fechter is a retired senior executive -- Honeywell, Inc., Honeywell Bull, and KeyCorp, and is a Medtronic Lean Sigma Master Black Belt. He has been an adjunct professor for over 25 years at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and program director for its M.S. in Technology Management degree. His best job ever was as a mountaintop fire lookout for the U.S. Forest Service in Montana. He holds BS and MS degrees from Montana State University and a PhD in Psychology (ergonomics specialty) from the University of South Dakota. He and his wife, Judy, live in Blaine, Minnesota.Arnold Weimerskirch is a retired Vice President of Quality for Honeywell, Inc. and former chairman of the panel of judges for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. He is co-author of Total Quality Management - Strategies and Techniques Proven at Today's Most Successful Companies. He holds BS and MS engineering degrees from the University of Minnesota. He lives with his wife, Anne, in Wayzata, Minnesota.
